Books by Beatrice Hanssen

This study of Benjamin's "The Origin of German Tragic Drama" views it as a critique of anthropocentric historical thinking, which introduces an ethico-theological dimension. It reconstructs this dimension by analyzing the stones, animals and angels that are scattered throughout his writings.

Provides a comprehensive introduction to Benjamin's "Arcades Project" - one of the significant cultural documents of the Weimar Republic and Nazi era. This work explores a diverse range of issues such as the physiognomy of ruins, the dialectical image, and modernity and architecture.

A highly original and radical investigation of the heated controversy between Postructuralism and Critical Theory, the first book to shift the emphasis from struggle to dialogue between the two theories.